So, heard any good discussions of game journalism ethics recently? Me neither. I’ve heard plenty of discussions, mind you… just not many good ones. So I thought I’d dust off my old Ombudsman hat and try to fix that. To start, let me be clear that I’m trying my best to disentangle this ethical discussion […]
Read MoreUnfortunately this shot doesn’t capture the timestamps for these entries, but by my RSS reader’s count that’s 18 posts from 11 sources, all bubbling up within minutes of each other (and I probably could have found more). “Blanket coverage” seems insufficient.
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was originally commissioned by a major video game news outlet, then killed upon receipt because an editor thought it would “cause too many problems.” I present it here as it was presented to them. This April, a group of a few dozen game journalists flew off to a beautiful Hawaiian resort for a […]
Read MoreAs I begin writing this, Starcraft II has been out for over a day and has exactly one review listed on GameRankings. This is practically unprecedented for a major, modern video game release. Mass Effect 2 had 27 online reviews listed on GameRankings by its Jan. 26 release date. Curious Super Mario Galaxy 2 shoppers had […]
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